Schkuhr, C. (1796), Botanisches Handbuch 2: 412, t. 211 [tax. nov.]

Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 63 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 159 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus major Sm. legitimate common name: Greater Trefoil [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 190 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 297 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 163 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 124 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 97 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 630 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 280 [secondary reference]

common name: Greater Lotus [n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales 2: 444 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus major Sm. legitimate misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Cavanilles, A.J. (1793), Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 2(2): 52, pl. 164 common name: Birds-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Leguminosae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 43 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 703, Fig. 142f [secondary reference]

misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 297 common name: Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 612 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus major Sm. legitimate common name: Birds-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 765 [secondary reference]

common name: Greater Lotus [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Lotus corniculatus L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 461 misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 190 misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 297

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lotus subbiflorus Lag. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Leguminosae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 43

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Lotus preslii Ten. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 630

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 22 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 45 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 163

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Lotus corniculatus L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 461 misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 190 misapplication: Lotus pedunculatus Cav. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 297

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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